Wang Remote Sensing of Protected Lands

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4398-4188-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 604 Seiten

Reihe: Remote Sensing Applications Series

National parks, wildlife refuges and sanctuaries, natural reserves, conservation areas, frontier lands, and marine-protected areas are increasingly recognized as essential providers of ecosystem services and biological resources. As debates about climate change and sustainability intensify, protected areas become more important as indicators of ecosystem conditions in particular environments or in comparison with adjacent environments.

The first book of its kind, Remote Sensing of Protected Lands showcases state-of-the-art remote sensing applications for the inventory and monitoring of protected areas. Contributions from renowned scholars and experts from around the world are organized into four sections covering the use of remote sensing in:

- Changing landscapes and change detection

- Inventory, mapping, and conservation

- Inventory and monitoring of frontier lands

- Decision support for the management of protected lands

A View of Both the Forest and the Trees

Combining reviews of theories and methods with analysis of case studies, the book gives readers both a systematic view of the field and detailed knowledge of specific topics. Case studies explore key topics in the context of a wide range of protected areas, including national parks in the United States and Canada, the Albertine Rift in eastern Africa, the Amazon forests, the Changbai Mountain region in Northeast Asia, the frontier lands in Siberia and the Tibetan Plateau, and marine protected areas along the tropical and temperate Pacific and Atlantic coasts.

Alongside each case study, the book examines advanced remote sensing technologies such as airborne and spaceborne high spatial resolution imageries, multispectral and multitemporal time series data, satellite interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), and the integration of remote sensing and field measurements for information extraction and modeling. Discussing challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations, this book provides a snapshot of how remote sensing techniques can be used to gather extensive spatial, spectral, temporal, and thematic information on protected lands and waters.

Zielgruppe

Researchers and graduate students in environmental sciences and environmental engineering; ecologists, biologists, environmental managers, conservation organizations dealing with protected lands, as well as governmental and non-governmental agencies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wang, Yeqiao

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geodäsie, Kartographie, Fernerkundung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geodäsie, Kartographie, GIS, Fernerkundung
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstwirtschaft, Forstwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Remote Sensing of Protected Lands: An Overview
Yeqiao Wang

Remote Sensing of Changing Landscape of Protected Lands

Remote Sensing for Inventory and Monitoring of U.S. National Parks
John E. Gross, Andrew J. Hansen, Scott J. Goetz, David M. Theobald, Forrest M. Melton, Nathan B. Piekielek, and Ramakrishna R. Nemani

Monitoring Landscape Dynamics of National Parks in the Western United States
Robert E. Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang, Justin Braaten, Peder Nelson, and Warren Cohen

Forest Dynamics within and around Olympic National Park Assessed Using Time Series Landsat Observations
Chengquan Huang, Karen Schleeweis, Nancy Thomas, and Samuel N. Goward

Using Earth Observation to Monitor Species-Specific Habitat Change in the Greater Kejimkujik National Park Region of Canada
Paul Zorn, Darien Ure, Rajeev Sharma, and Sally O’Grady

Land-Cover Change and Conservation of Protected Lands in Urban and Suburban Settings
Yeqiao Wang

Land-Cover Change and Conservation of the Protected Ancient City Park in Xi’an, Northwestern China
Wenfang Tao, Qingri Chang, and Yeqiao Wang

Accurately Assessing Habitat with Remote Sensing: User's Perspective
Guofan Shao

Remote Sensing for Inventory, Mapping, and Conservation of Protected Lands and Waters

Utilization of Remote Sensing Technologies for Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo Conservation and Planning in Papua New Guinea
Jared A. Stabach, Lisa Dabek, Rigel Jensen, Gabriel Porolak, and Yeqiao Wang

Remote Sensing for Biodiversity Conservation of the Albertine Rift in Eastern Africa
Samuel Ayebare, David Moyer, Andrew J. Plumptre, and Yeqiao Wang

Remote Sensing Assessment of Natural Resources and Ecological Security of the Changbai Mountain Region in Northeast Asia
Yeqiao Wang, Zhengfang Wu, Xing Yuan, Hongyan Zhang, Jiquan Zhang, Jiawei Xu, Zhong Lu, Yuyu Zhou, and Jiang Feng

Integration of Remote Sensing and In Situ Observations for Examining Effects of Past Volcanic Eruptions on Forests of the Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve in Northeast China
Jiawei Xu, Yu Liang, and Yeqiao Wang

Integration of Remote Sensing and In Situ Ecology for the Design and Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas: Examples from Tropical and Temperate Ecosystems
Alan M. Friedlander, Lisa M. Wedding, Jennifer E. Caselle, and Bryan M. Costa

Remote Sensing Assessments of Wildfire Impact and Simulation Modeling of Short-Term Postfire Vegetation Recovery within the Dixie National Forest
Yeqiao Wang, Yuyu Zhou, Jian Yang, and Hong S. He

Remote Sensing for Inventory and Monitoring of Frontier Lands

Satellite-Observed Endorheic Lake Dynamics across the Tibetan Plateau between Circa 1976 and 2000
Yongwei Sheng and Junli Li

Multisensor Remote Sensing of Forest Dynamics in Central Siberia
Kenneth J. Ranson, Guoqing Sun, Viatcheslay I. Kharuk, and Joanne Howl

Remote Sensing and Modeling for Assessment of Complex Amur (Siberian) Tiger and Amur (Far Eastern) Leopard Habitats in the Russian Far East
N.J. Sherman, T.V. Loboda, Guoqing Sun, and H.H. Shugart

The Influence of Realistic Vegetation Phenology on Regional Climate Modeling
Lixin Lu

Monitoring Natural Hazards in Protected Lands Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
Zhong Lu, Daniel Dzurisin, and Hyung-Sup Jung

Characterizing Biophysical Properties in Protected Tropical Forests with Synergistic Use of Optical and SAR Imagery
Cuizhen Wang and Jiaguo Qi

Remote Sensing in Decision Support for Management of Protected Lands

Monitoring and Modeling Environmental Change in Protected Areas: Integration of Focal Species Populations and Remote Sensing
Robert L. Crabtree and Jennifer W. Sheldon

Monitoring and Forecasting Ecosystem Climate Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics Using the Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System
Hirofumi Hashimoto, Samuel H. Hiatt, Cristina Milesi, Forrest S. Melton, Andrew R. Michaelis, Petr Votava, Weile Wang, and Ramakrishna R. Nemani

Geospatial Decision Models for Management of Protected Wetlands
Wei "Wayne" Ji
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Yeqiao Wang is a professor at the Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island. He has received several awards for his work, including the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President William J. Clinton in 2000. Dr. Wang’s specialties are terrestrial remote sensing and modeling in natural resources analysis and mapping. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, 70 abstracts and conference papers, and contributed more than 20 peer-reviewed book chapters. He also edited Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments (CRC Press 2009). Dr. Wang serves as the editor in chief for Encyclopedia of Natural Resources (Taylor & Francis), a three-volume set of Land, Air, and Water. Besides his professional publications in English, he has also authored and edited several science books in Chinese.

For more information, see Dr. Wang’s web site at the University of Rhode Island.